What happens to pets in a UK will? The 2026 guide
A UK guide to providing for pets in your will - why a pet can't inherit directly, how to leave money to a carer, when a pet trust is worth considering, and the UK rehoming charities.
Insights & guides
Family situations
Blended families, children, second marriages, dependants.
Why every parent with children under 18 needs a will
A clear UK guide for parents of young children: why a will matters, how to appoint guardians, who manages your children's inheritance, and how to protect a young family in 2026.
What happens to your children if you die without a will?
A plain-English UK guide to what intestacy means for children: who decides who looks after them, what they inherit, how the statutory trust works, and why stepchildren and unmarried partners are exposed.
How to protect your children's inheritance from divorce
A practical UK guide to keeping inherited money in the bloodline if your children later divorce: the trust structures that work, the trade-offs, and how nuptial agreements complement them.
Writing a will after divorce or separation
What happens to your existing will when you divorce or separate, and the changes most people need to make: beneficiaries, executors, guardians, pensions and life insurance.
What happens to your estate if you're single with no children?
A UK guide for single people without children: how intestacy decides who inherits, why the bloodline chain rarely matches your wishes, and how a will gives you full control.
How to leave money to grandchildren in your will
A UK guide to leaving money to grandchildren: choosing release ages, equal versus tailored shares, trust structures, and the inheritance tax angles every grandparent should know.
Planning your will when you remarry
Marriage automatically revokes an earlier will. A UK guide to second-marriage will planning: structures that protect both your new spouse and children from previous relationships.
Can your family override your will? The 1975 Act explained
How the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 lets certain people apply to vary your will — who can claim, what counts as reasonable provision, and how to plan around it.
Can you disinherit a child in the UK? The 1975 Act explained
A UK guide to disinheriting children - the lack of forced heirship, the Inheritance Act 1975 risk, and the practical steps to make a disinheritance stick.
Does a will override "next of kin"? UK guide
A UK guide to what "next of kin" actually means - the informal status, why it doesn't determine inheritance, and how to control your affairs through a will and LPA instead.
Wills for blended families: protecting your children from a previous relationship
Why "everything to my spouse" can disinherit your children, and the will structures - life-interest trusts, mirror wills, letters of wishes - that prevent it.